St. Eustatius’ executive board members of the Chamber of Commerce St. Eustatius and Saba made a visit to Saba on Wednes­day, December 12, for their half-yearly face-to-face meeting. The board met with the Executive Council of Saba to discuss matters of inter­est to the business commu­nity and the island at large. …

The Public Entity Saba has signed a contract with Saba Roads for extension of the water pipeline system from The Bottom to Windwardside. This is the second phase in the construction of a water transport system on Saba. The first part of the system, which leads from the reverse osmosis …

The Ministries of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, Infrastructure and Water Management and the Rijksdienst Caribisch Nederland contribute to a temporary air connection between Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba that is made possible by Winair. The air connection starts at the beginning of January and is called “CN Express”. This …

Commander General of the Fire Brigade Caribbean Netherlands BKCN Jair Tromp (cen­tre) and local Commander Julio Every (right) met with Saba’s Island Governor Jonathan Johnson (left) to discuss the hurricanes and future plans. The monodisciplinary evalua­tion report of BKCN was also handed over during this meeting. The Daily Herald.

Following the storms, and after the damage assessments were in, the Public Entity Saba funded temporary housing for all residents with severely damaged homes and an agreement was made to repair homes for the residents. The next step was to order the material and for the reconstruction to begin. The …

Commissioner of Education, Bruce Zagers has signed yet another Saba Government-College agreement, this time with the Lipscomb University, located Tennessee (USA). This agreement will grant Saban students who have been accepted into Lipscomb University, a scholarship of $18,410 per academic year, which matches the Duo grant. These students will, therefore, …

The business community of Saba will receive two payments from the 2 million euro relief fund, that will be available to the island after hurricane Irma. Companies who are not within the hospitality industry will not receive funds until further notice, due to the priority of the high season. Applications for …

“On 1st of January 2017, there were 24,439 people living in the Caribbean Netherlands” “The population density of Saba was 150/km2 on January 1st 2017” “On Bonaire the median disposable income in private households in 2015 was $23,6 thousand”  “In 2016 there was a 47% increase in value of goods …

Currently, the upkeep of land registers on Saba is being done manually. This way of recording real property matters comes with several challenges, for example; difficulty searching for recorded documents and of course always the risk of deterioration of paper by time, fire or hurricane. Now, with the development of …

For the first time, the Caribbean Netherlands Healthcare Insurance Office (ZVK) has signed a framework agreement with the hospitals of Saba and St. Eustatius for a period of 5 years. Through this signing, both parties confirm the importance of long-term care based on mutual trust. Part of the agreement is …

Alwin Hylkema and Sarah van der Horn – Plante won male and female first place, respectively, during Saba’s annual Saba Day Run for the 42nd annual Saba Day celebrations. The race, named “Sea to Scenery” and touted as the single most robust climb in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, had …

It’s been 7 years since Saba’s constitutional change to becoming the smallest special municipality of the Netherlands. With a population of 2000, some persons still continue to fight this island’s high prices, low salaries along with high taxes. Single parents are forced to work two or more jobs to survive …

Clients of the Caribbean Netherlands Health Insurance Office ZVK in St. Eustatius and Saba are less inclined to file a formal, written complaint about ZVK services and decisions. Instead, they often opt to complain verbally at the counter, which adds to the pressure on the staff. This is one of …

The 32-year-old man from Bosnia and Herzegovina suspected of involvement in the death of Saba University School of Medicine’s student Kavya Guda on April 15, 2015, was acquitted of homicide by the Court of First Instance in Bonaire on Friday. S.C., who was residing in Missouri, United States, was convicted …

During his visit to St. Eustatius and Saba last week, Dutch State Secretary of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations was directly confronted with the large differences in approach between the governments of these two public entities. In Saba, the State Secre­tary found a committed government and a commu­nity that has …